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There are many pieces of music in Anastasia that deserve to be heralded, but one that is often not mentioned is Crossing a Bridge, and I really want to talk about it.

Earlier in the show, a young Anastasia is talking with her grandmother, who is leaving for Paris. Her grandmother (The Dowager Empress) assures her that one day Anastasia can come visit her. She specifically mentions this: “There’s a bridge there named for your grandfather, did you know that? The Pont Alexandre. He never saw it. We’ll walk on it together. “

If you don’t know the plot of Anastasia, it’s based of the lost princess Anastasia myth. The plot follows Anya, a young woman stricken with amnesia, and her journey from Russia to Paris to discover her past. At this point, Anya is still unsure if she is the lost princess, but she knows she want to find her family—find her life and her dreams in Paris.

This song opens with “Look at the sky, look at the water/Somebody's bridge, somebody's daughter/Who could've known I'd be alone, crossing this bridge.” It is a relation to the very beginning of the show, and the grandmother’s promise of crossing the bridge of their family heritage, together. But Anya is alone.

The bridge also represents passing—between past and future, dreams and reality, and Anya’s life changing in this moment. Who knows what’s on the other side of the bridge? Who knows what’s on the other side of this story?

Throughout the musical, Anya says “you” referring to the concept of her hope, dreams, and family (specifically her grandmother, the one she is going to see in Paris.) She is still unsure herself if she is the lost princess, and this song is her in that mystery. But it is not a fear of the mystery, it is a wonder.

Anya wonders aloud in the song: “Maybe we're sharing this beautiful night/Me on the left bank, you on the right.” Maybe her grandmother is out there, maybe she is close. She’s in the same city, sharing the same hope of reuniting with her granddaughter. Like the last lyrics say: “Every light is like a promise, every light could be a clue, one of them might be you.”

#also christy altomare’s voice is fucking ANGELIC #she’s amazing #anastasia musical #Youtube #Spotify

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[crying sobbing through gritted teeth] CAN’T STOP GROWING ROWING CHANGING AND MOVING ON CAN’T STOP GROWING ROWING CHANGING AND MOVING ON CAN’T STOP GROWING ROWING CHANGING AND MOVI

#closing night for my musical was tonight sooo um #feeling the feels #🙃🥲 #tuck everlasting #tuck everlasting musical

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#SHUT THE FUCK UP THIS MADE ME CRYYYY LAUGH #cats musical

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#me all the time #fishposting

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#my horrible meme now with alt text

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#okay being fr i don’t like something rotten #and i was just listening to carrying the banner yesterday and woahh…. #good stuff

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#YESS LEGALLY BLONDE!!!!

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#ASSASSINS GIRLIES WE *CAN* DO THIS #wicked’s got nothing on this really great gun shit where is it no it’s really great WAIT /ly

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#next to normal if anyone asks

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#GET EM

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#ANASTASIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 🎶🎶🎶🎶 #if things look grim i’ll come back with a more convincing argument

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I really wish arknights didn't have a character who's named for an ethnic slur of my people

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it’s monday i’m in the labyrinth

#love this

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Obsessed with this picture from Starship where it looks like Bug and Bugette are taking a selfie together

#starkid

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I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD BOB ROSS IS A GIFTED GOD I DREW ALONG TO HIS VIDEO IN MS PAINT AND

HOW

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FUCK

THIS MADE ME SO HAPPY I DONT EVEN KNOW HOW PLEASE I ADVISE YOU GUYS TO DRAW ALONG WITH BOB ROSS IN MS PAINT IT IS AN EXPERIENCE I AM SO CONFUSED BUT PLEASED FUCKING DO IT

#omg #art

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#OUGH YOU ARE SO RIGHT……………… #textposts

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do i ship these characters or do i want them to form a sketch comedy duo

#HA